The horse and his diseases : embracing his history and varieties, breeding and management and vices; with the diseases to which he is subject, and the remedies best adapted to their cure . to obtaina firmer hold. The form of shoe here referred to, and the position of thenail-holes are shown in the cut annexed. Before leaving this subject itshould be remarked, that con-tracted feet—that is, feet thathave shrunken and become nar-row at the heels, and of which thei frog has become materially re-duced in size,—are often, anddoubtless most frequently, causedby infiammatipn arising from im-proper sh
The horse and his diseases : embracing his history and varieties, breeding and management and vices; with the diseases to which he is subject, and the remedies best adapted to their cure . to obtaina firmer hold. The form of shoe here referred to, and the position of thenail-holes are shown in the cut annexed. Before leaving this subject itshould be remarked, that con-tracted feet—that is, feet thathave shrunken and become nar-row at the heels, and of which thei frog has become materially re-duced in size,—are often, anddoubtless most frequently, causedby infiammatipn arising from im-proper shoeing. It is the customof many smiths to set the shoesrHB PKOPBK POKM OF A sHOK. Well off at the hcels; and to a. » The heels of aa eveu thickness with the rest of the shoe, b. i). Show the pointsa« vhicli the heels of the hoof teraiinated. e. c. The seating carried back, so as toclear the asgles at the heels, and leave the seat of corns free from pressure, d. Thonaif-holes placed iu the fiat surface which supports the cru^t, where they shouldalways be. e. The hindermost nail of the iuner side at the inaer toe, whereby thdwhole of the quarter aad heel are left free to ADMINISTERING MEDICINE. 19S carry the seating or level of the upper side of the shoes so farback that the heels, instead of resting on a flat surface, as theywould on a properly fitted shoe, rest on the slopes of the seat-ing, which are in this respect simply two inclined planes, soplaced that, at each step taken by the horse, his heels must bepressed together, until a greater or less contraction is mademanifest, but at too late a period to enable us to remedy theevil; for there is no means by which this contraction of the footcan be cured—although, when it exists only to a slight extent,the internal portions of the foot will sometimes accommodatethemselves to its new form. So far as disease is the result ofbad shoeing, it can be obviated by so forming the shoe that itwill afford a sufficient and
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